It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - Live in Chicago / 1995

Lyrics

[Intro, spoken] Okay, well here we go Gimme that beat, boy Free my soul [Verse 1] That's great, it starts with an earthquake Birds and snakes, an aeroplane Lenny Bruce is not afraid Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn World serves its own needs, don't misserve your own needs Speed it up a notch, speed, grunt, no, strength The ladder starts to clatter with fear of height, down, height Wire in a fire, representing seven games The government for hire and a combat site Left of west and coming in a hurry With the Furies breathing down your neck Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped Look at that low playing, fine, then Uh oh, overflow, population, common group But it'll do, save yourself, serve yourself World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed Tell me with the Rapture and the reverend in the right, right You vitriolic, patriotic, slam-foot neck Feeling pretty psyched [Chorus] It's the end of the world as we know it (It's the) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's the) It's the end of the world as we know it! And I feel fine! [Verse 2] Six o'clock, TV hour, don't get caught in a foreign tower Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn Lock him in uniform, with book burning, blood letting Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate Light a candle, light a votive, step down, step down Watch your heel crush, crushed, uh-oh This means no fear, cavalier renegade and steering clear A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives, and I decline [Chorus] It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it! I feel fine! Fine! (I feel fine) Uh, fine Thanks for askin' [Chorus] It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it! And I feel fine! [Verse 3] The other night I dreamt of knives, continental drift divide Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom! You symbiotic, patriotic, slam but neck Right? Right! [Chorus] It's the end of the world as we know it! It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it! I feel fine! (And I feel fine) [Bridge] It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it! I feel fine! [Chorus] It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone!) And I feel fine Fine! [Outro] It's the end of the world as we know it! It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it! And I feel fine! [Outro, spoken] Thank you!